# # (C) Copyright 2009 Marco Stornelli # # See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this # project. # # The files in this directory are free software; you can redistribute # them and/or modify them under the terms of the GNU General Public # License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either # version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. # # These files are distributed in the hope that they will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the # GNU General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software # Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, # MA 02111-1307 USA # IMLS ------------- imls is an implementation of a Linux command line tool to access to raw flash partitions and list images made with mkimage command. For building against older versions of the MTD headers (meaning before v2.6.8-rc1) it is required to pass the argument "MTD_VERSION=old" to make. Usage examples -------------- 1) Flash with sectors of 128KiB and 32 sectors: > imls -c 32 -s 131072 /dev/mtd0 Searching... Image Name: foo Created: Fri Apr 10 18:11:30 2009 Image Type: Intel x86 Linux Standalone Program (uncompressed) Data Size: 10716 Bytes = 10.46 kB = 0.01 MB Load Address: 00000000 Entry Point: 00000000 2) Flash with sectors of 64KiB and 128 sectors and with a search offset of one sector: > imls -o 1 -c 128 -s 65536 /dev/mtd0 Searching... Image Name: foo Created: Fri Apr 10 18:11:30 2009 Image Type: Intel x86 Linux Standalone Program (uncompressed) Data Size: 10716 Bytes = 10.46 kB = 0.01 MB Load Address: 00000000 Entry Point: 00000000